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MV Empire Windrush COMMUNITY-LED groups in the North East will receive a share of £500,000 to host events marking the third national Windrush Day, Minister for Communities Lord Greenhalgh confirmed. It builds on the success of the past two years where projects celebrating the British Caribbean community’s culture and heritage were supported by the scheme. The National Centre for Childrens Books Collection Trust will receive £15,300 this year. This year’s projects have a particular...

Communities across the country will receive a share of £500,000 to host events marking Windrush Day.

A Windrush suitcase. - Credit: Hackney council Hackney community groups are being asked to apply for microgrants to help celebrate, commemorate and educate people about the valuable contributions of the Windrush generation.  Microgrants between £500 and £1000 are available to community groups and events or activities selected will be part of the boroughs Windrush Generations Festival in June 2021, or as part of the councils ongoing work to honour the community and its heritage throughout ...

Civil Service Award winners: Supporting communities through a year like no other In the second of our series of interviews with Civil Service Awards winners, CSW spoke to MHCLG senior policy adviser Abigail Agyei,. who won the Rising Star Award for her work with marginalised communities during the coronavirus pandemic. She spoke to CSW about her work, winning the award, and trying to celebrate during lockdown Abigail Agyei 06 May 2021 Abigail Agyei spent 2020 working on some of the most high-pr...

The Windrush generation courtesy the Windrush Foundation The London-based sculptor Thomas Price is among four artists shortlisted to create a new monument at Waterloo Station in London honouring the Windrush generation of workers who came to the UK from the Caribbean between 1948 and 1971. All four artists shortlisted—including Basil Watson, Jeannette Ehlers and Valda Jackson—are of Caribbean descent. Ehlers, who is of Danish Trinidadian heritage, co-created the v...

Toggle Sidebar Artist shortlist for national Windrush Monument revealed The Windrush Monument will be a permanent tribute to a generation of arrivals from the Caribbean to Britain. Shortlist of four influential artists to design national monument at London Waterloo station unveiled Designs will be showcased around the country this summer Winning design expected to be unveiled on Windrush Day 2022 The four artists in the running to design the national Windrush Monument at Waterloo station have b...

Caribbean News Global April 30, 2021 Image credit: Howard Grey LONDON, ENGLAND – The Windrush Monument will be a permanent tribute to a generation of arrivals from the Caribbean to Britain – from the arrival of MV Empire Windrush in 1948 and in the decades that followed. It will recognise how the Windrush Generation have enriched our nation’s history and made invaluable contributions to all aspects of British life, from our health and transport services to our politics, bu...

Artist shortlist for national Windrush Monument revealed The Windrush Monument will be a permanent tribute to a generation of arrivals from the Caribbean to Britain. From: Designs will be showcased around the country this summer Winning design expected to be unveiled on Windrush Day 2022 The four artists in the running to design the national Windrush Monument at Waterloo station have been revealed today (30 April 2021). The Windrush Monument will be a permanent tribute to a generation of ar...

June 18-19: Arts at the Old Fire Station Through a fusion of dance, music, song and spoken word, performances will explore a sense of hopelessness, deja vu, resilience and a renewed spirit of hope in the struggles for equality, justice and freedom. June 19: Templars Square shopping centre Experience taster workshops, performance demonstrations, and even a carnival with steel pan, African drums, and dancing. June 22: Pitt Rivers Museum On Windrush Day, there will be a talk followed by a Q&...

The Best Public Art Shows to See this Year From Yayoi Kusamas flora-inspired sculptures at the New York Botanical Garden to this years Shanghai Urban Space Art Season, these are must-see public art shows across the globe Yayoi Kusama, Dancing Pumpkin, 2020. Courtesy: the artist Otis Fine Arts, Tokyo, David Zwirner, New York and the New York Botanical Garden Yayoi Kusama: Cosmic Nature New York Botanical Garden, USA Yayoi Kusama’s monumental sculptures take over the grounds...